welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several pieces of news in this coming criminal trial of donald trump. his allies advise delay, this key tack we hear about in dealing with the indictment. we know jack smith, however, guaranteed a speedy trial. my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. there are some complexities with the case, but the federal judge is making news with a fast time line, ruling that trump s espionage trial will now be set to begin august 14th. that s just eight weeks from now, and trump s run for office is ongoing. it puts the trial on a collision course with the first republican presidential debate the following week. it will be held in a small florida courthouse, and this plan is putting even more pressure on trump to get in gear. he has seen several lawyers depart his defense team. he was recently adding new ones as of last week. now, to be ready for a trial
i saw david rosskopf point out the documents donald trump had would have been very interesting to the saudis. democrats have not gone after that, because we have followed the norm that says famiies are offlimits. families are complicated, messy. we don t delve into families and private lives. that s always been a norm that we followed. however, while we re following marquees of queensbury rules, the gop is going full thunder on this. as the saying goes, all corrupt families are unhappy in different ways. or maybe i m butchering it. yes, that s toll tolstoy, opening lines. all happy families are alike, but unhappy in similar ways. a like to mix in bars.